Buckle



G. R. THURMAN.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. H.192.

1,377,233. Patented May'10,1921.

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BUCKLE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonsn R. THURMAN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of the'city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification.

When a number of small articles are pur chased from a retail store such as a department store, these articles are usually packed in a box provided witha tie in the'form of a strap and buckle which surrounds the box to secure the lid thereon. According to the ordinary practice, the address of the purchaser together with a list of the articles in the box are usually written on a separate sheet of paper which is pasted onto the shipping tag, and a string is used to tie the tag to the strap which surrounds the box. After the goods have been delivered, the shipping tag is usually torn from the string, this being the most convenient manner of removing the tag. Considerable time and labor is involved in using short individual pieces of string to secure shipping tags tothe straps, it being necessary to insert each string through the eye of a tag and to then tie the string around the strap. These operations are repeated hundreds of times every day in the packing room'of the average department store.

I propose to entirelyeliminate the cost of the string, as well as the time and labor or dinarily involved in tying the tags to the straps.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying-drawings wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it is to be understood that the invention comprehends changes, variations and modificationswhich Specification of Lettersjfiatent. p t t d M 10, 1921, Application filed February 11, 1921. Serial No. 444,163. I

come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended. Briefly stated, the device about to be described is a tie comprising a strap adapted to pass around abox," and a tag-attaching device'whereby a shipping ta can be very easlly and quickly attached. to the tie. The tie includes a buckle connecting the ends of the strap, and the tag-attaching device is preferably in the form of a clip extending from one side of the buckle, so as to lie entirelybeyond the strapsecuring means in the buckle. Instead of cutting a piece of string from: a source of supply and passing the samethrough the eye of a tag and tying it around the strap, itis only necessary to apply the tagto the clip on the buckle, and this can .be done in a few seconds time.

Furthermore, the tag can be quickly removed from the clip without in any way mutilating the tag, so it can be conveniently. reused after a new address sheet has been paste onto thesame.

Figure I is a perspective view illustrating a tie passing around a box, and showing a buckle provided with a tag-attaching device.

Fig. II is an enlarged fragmentary top view, partly in section, showing a buckle connecting the ends of a strap, and also showing the tag-attaching device at one side of the buckle.

III is an end view of the buckle shown in Fig. II.

Fig. IV is a side elevation of the buckle.

fa -designates a box provided with a lid B, and C is a strap surrounding the box and its lid. The ends of the strap are connected together through the medium of a buckle.

The buckle herein shown includes a rigid frame consisting of side members 1 formed integral with end members 2 and 3, and also integrally connected to intermediate transverse members 4 and 5. One end of the strap C is secured to the buckle member 3, while the other end is inserted between the buckle members 2 and 4; and detachably se cured by means of a gripping tongue 6 pivotally mounted on the member 5 and provided with a toothed edge 7 (Fig. II) which cooperates with the member 2 to secure the strap.

The tag-attaching clip herein shown comprises a keeper in the form of an eye, or hook, -8 extending outwardly from one of I yielding spring tongue 9 located at one side of the buckle and adapted to engage the end 8 of the eye 8, so as to secure the tag. One end of the tongue 9 is rigidly secured to a lug 10 extending from one side of the buckle,

and its opposite end portion yieldingly engages the end 8' of the hook, or eye 8.

The tag-attaching clip is thussecured to one side of the buckle, where it will not in any way interfere with the strap-securing means between the side members 1 of the buckle. The tag can be easily and quickly applied to andremoved from the eye 8, but when the tag is attached as shown in Figs. I and II it is securely held and it is not liable to be accidentally removed from the buckle.

I claim:

1. A buckle provided with a tag-attaching device adapted to receive the eye of a shipping tag.

2. A buckle comprising a frame provided with side members, strap-securing means between said side members, and a tag-eat taching clip comprising a keeper secured to and extending from one of said side members.

3. A buckle comprising a frame having side members, strap-securing means between said side members, and a tag-attaching clip comprising a keeper extending outwardly from one of said side members to receive the eye of a tag, and yielding means cooperating with said keeper to secure the tag.

4. A buckle comprising a frame having side members, strap-securing means between said side members, and a tag-attaching clip comprising a keeper extending outwardly from one of said side members, said keeper having an end adapted to pass through the eye of a tag, and yielding means cooperating with said end of the keeper to secure the ta 5. A buckle comprising a frame having side members, strap-securing members between said Side members, and a tag-attaching clip comprising a keeper in the form of an eye extending outwardly from one of said side members, said eye having anend adapted to enter the eye of the tag, and a yielding spring tongue extending fromthe last mentioned side member and engaging said end to secure the tag.

6. A tie of the character described provided with a buckle, and a tag-attaching clip secured to said buckle, said tag-attaching clip including a keeper extending from said buckle to receive a portion of the tag, and yielding means whereby the tag is secured to said keeper.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto afiix my si nature.

- GEOR E R. THURMAN. 

